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Trump wants Greenland. Europe's tepid response is putting NATO and global security at risk

07.01.2026 10

The Examiner

Shannon Brincat

Trump wants Greenland. Europe's tepid response is putting NATO and global security at risk

07.01.2026 10

Canberra Times

Shannon Brincat

Trump wants Greenland. Europe’s tepid response is putting NATO and global security at risk

So far the response across the continent to both the Greenland threats and the US’ actions in Venezuela, have been feeble and confused.

07.01.2026 30

The Conversation

Shannon Brincat

It’s been 50 years since the Balibo 5 were killed in Timor-Leste . No one’s been held accountable

The five journalists, including two Australians, died while doing their jobs. Despite half a century of evidence and lobbying, justice remains...

16.10.2025 30

The Conversation

Shannon Brincat

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

19.09.2025 20

The Conversation

Shannon Brincat

Tyranny is an ever-present threat to civilisations. Here’s how Classical Greece and China dealt with it

For the classical Greeks, citizenship was a binding relationship of reciprocal duties and obligations owed to all other citizens. The law, they...

15.07.2025 20

The Conversation

Shannon Brincat

Pope Francis’ visit to Timor-Leste is powerful and symbolic, but also political

Timor-Leste has had much to celebrate recently. August 30 marked 25 years since the Popular Consultation – or “The Referendum”, as many call it...

09.09.2024 9

The Conversation

Shannon Brincat

Are the far-left and far-right merging together? That’s what the ‘horseshoe theory’ of politics says, but it’s wrong

When most of us think about politics, we think of different views as sitting on a spectrum. Left wing is at one end, right wing at the other. We...

05.09.2024 2

The Conversation

Shannon Brincat